Living legends

Siv og barna...det kom en haug med små 3-4 åringer inn på slutten av timen...

There are so many people who inspire me. In life, in dance, in freedom and art. Most of them are not the great lengends of time....long gone, but people I met in my life. The other day in class (when I sprained my toe -yes) I was looking around the room....and was almost overwhelemed with the inspiration from the dancers surrounding me! Siv being, to me, the most perfect dancer...perfectly placed, and perfectly free in range and way of movement. And with expressions and light in her eyes thats pretty uniqe. What I love about her classes is that the emphasis is on expression. Sure, with the perfect tecnique one will execute the movements more corrcly, but on the other hand freedom in movement and tecnique can sometimes contradict each other. What I mean is that in the end, what matters, is weather you are able to reach the audience with something more that impressive tecnique. This emphasis in class makes me think less of what I look like, and more of what the feeling expressed should be. I'm trying to take emotions from my life and put them into great use in my dancing.


There are a couple of other dancers that I would also like to mention. Rathi for one. She inspires me every time! She always does something special with the given chorography and adds her own flavour! It's so inspiring. and makes me think differently about my own movements.

to tell you how sorry i am...

I also noticed Søren. I loved the way his body executed the small details in the choreography!

Last but not least Jon Ole who adds more emotion to the dance than anyone else I know. I saw him in Siv's performance "choices" in 2009, and he was the one danceer who actually brought me to tears! He danced a whole story and it really made it through to me. He is my best example of how perfect tecnique can in fact emphesize great emotions.

brought you to tears....

So the strive will be to work and work and work to get stronger tecnique, but not give up even though it isn't perfect. Rather to give more emotions where there is a lack of it, and bring something of my own. Finally to keep being inspired and maybe, if I'm lucky, inspire someone......

cecilie melli

I was looking for a gift for a speical friend of mine and I started thinking of this designer. I probably hadn't even known about her if it wasn't for another friend and collegue of mine who gave me a pair of earrings after we finished our project two years ago. And then another pair for christmas the following year. I simply love them and they are by far my favourite earrings ever!!

Cecilie Meli has a webshop and two stores in Oslo: http://www.ceciliemelli.com/

I still want several of these earrings for myself, and they make perfect gifts since they come in exclusive designer wrapping and all....and best of all they're only 150-200 nok!

my first pair and my favourites!!

I really want these..my friend and introducer has a pair like these.

my beautiful more classic looking ones! they come in several colours.

one fine day

I totally busted my toe.
I was really enjoying siv's class...finally getting a grip on the choreography and feeling really inspired by the amazing dancers around me! In the finall moments of the class I had my weight to far over and twisted the toe in a turn....

I kept thinking it would get better, and it never did. Not even after teaching four classes in the evening??? Unbeliveable!! So this morning, when it still was hurting to even put weight on the foot, I took a trip down to the emergency room. Good thing nothing was broken, but I have to take it easy for a week....no dancing....

I took some pictures at the class, but the camera is somewhere else...and I'm not leaving the couch right now....so yeah, later.

sofa-dancer

Gåte

I'm trying to figure out what music to use for the christmas show, and for th show we're doing with the compagny in April. Again, as I'm browsing through all kinds of music this band comes to mind again. It's a norwegian folk/rock band called Gåte (meaning of the word is riddle)

I thought this song was awesome:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAPA0CAz2Fc




The song I'm using however is this one: (I thought the lyrics were pretty funny too)

http://youtu.be/U7jscR78dLY

Awesome band!


Well It's off to class with Siv, and then teach 4 klasses tonight! (And if there are lots of e's missing in the post it's because Isak spilled coffe on my keyboard and the e is stuck-ish, any other miss spellings is my bad :P))

girls night out

eautiful

mini me

This saturday was the final event in the Mgp jr show of 2010. Since my good friend, Linda, works at NRK (tv-station) she had arranged tickets to go to the arena and see the dress rhersal with our girls. We started off the day by going to late lunch/dinner at peppes pizza at aker brygge. Perfect dining place for all of us with kids. Theres a huge play-area with a full size air-plane and stuff...I'm wondering why I didn't take any photos??

We finally get to the venue, and have to wait in line for a good 20 min before we get to our seats. The girls managed to get front row.

The tv-production was well choreographed and I was waching production stuff throughout the whole show. Camera coordination, dancers, hosts and artists put together in a well orchestrated symphony. If i'd had more time in my life I would hav signed up for tv-work. I could have been the cabel-gilrl or something...:P

The young dancers were amazing. Lucky choreographers is all I can say. So young and so talented kids don't exactly grow on trees around here. I wonder if it's still Jannicke who does th choreography for it? Anyone know?

Anyway the girls were pretty exstatic when they got to wach the show on tv later in the evening...and have a sleepover at Linda's.

front row

the stage

man in the mirror

The mirrors are up!!
And what a huge difference it made! It was amazing to be able to teach and see everybody, and the kids L O V E D it too!

I had like 10 people show up for bodywork last night.....I've never had more that 3-4 so that was pretty amazing! Guess the word is going around finally!

Still have room for some 3 yr olds but that's about it!

Off to Siv class, and then teaching and office work at vinderen.

http://www.vinderendansestudio.no/

the ballerina

the ballerina

I should have done some research on this subject, but i didn't. So if you can help me out here I would be very grateful.

This beautiful old lady in ponte shoes who always show up for proffesional ballet class is simply so fasinating to me. I wish I knew her age, but I couldn't bring myself to ask her. She must have been a ballerina in the opera or something. I wonder what parts she used to play. I can see it in her steps that she picks up the choreography so easily. She must have done them  a million times before. I though todays class was a bit much, and she seemed to thouroghly enjoy it.

I did, however, manage to drag myself home and not stay for another class. I really need to go over all my classes for tonight!

hair of the day

Oh, the mirror in the studio is coming up tomorrow!!!